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Effects of a Multicomponent Exercise Intervention on Physical and Cognitive Function of Older Adults With Dementia

NCT04095962 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 110

Last updated 2021-02-17

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Summary

Dementia is a leading cause of death and disability that was declared as one of the greatest health and social care challenges of the 21st century. Regular physical activity and exercise have been proposed as a non-pharmacological strategy in disease prevention and management. Multicomponent Training (MT) combines aerobic, strength, balance, and postural exercises and might be an effective training to improve both functional capacity and cognitive function in individuals with dementia (IwD). Nevertheless, data on the effects of MT in IwD are still limited and the extent to which IwD can retain improvements after an exercise intervention still needs to be elucidated. The aim of "Body \& Brain" study is to investigate the effects of a 6-month MT intervention and 3-month detraining on the physical and cognitive function of IwD. Additionally, we aim to explore the impact of this intervention on psychosocial factors and physiologic markers related to dementia.

Conditions

  • Dementia
  • Alzheimer Disease
  • Vascular Dementia
  • Neurocognitive Disorders

Interventions

OTHER

Exercise

The MT program will be conducted for 6 months, twice a week in 60 minutes sessions. Sessions will be divided in warm-up (10 minutes, including slow walk, postural and mobility exercises for general activation, and stretching exercises), specific training (35-45 minutes, including balance/coordination training, strength and aerobic exercises) and cool down (5 minutes with breathing and stretching exercises for the main worked joints and muscles) following the main guidelines recommended by the American College of Sports Medicine \[18\] and the WHO \[19\].

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

    collaborator OTHER

  • Universidade do Porto

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Joana Carvalho, PhD · Universidade do Porto

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-09-01
Primary Completion
2021-08-31
Completion
2022-03-31

Countries

  • Portugal

Study Locations

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